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Ireland: Terminal will make Dublin charges soar

CHARGES at Dublin airport will have to be increased if the government presses ahead with plans for a second terminal. This is one of the findings from the panel appointed to assess expressions of interest by private operators in building an independent terminal. The conclusion will come as a blow to supporters of the €100m project, which was aimed at lowering charges.

Only half of the expressions of interest reviewed by the panel amounted to detailed proposals, while the rest were no more than one-page letters. Having studied the submissions the panel has outlined a number of possible locations around Dublin airport in a 100-page report that was presented to Seamus Brennan, the minister for transport, last week.

Many of the locations proposed by would-be builders of the second terminal would require extensive infrastructural development, including a separate entrance onto the Dublin-Belfast motorway. Although the new terminal would be built